This article is Part 4 of a four-part series demonstrating how the money in a lobby sector can impact state politics and legislation. Read the first three articles here, here, and here.
Dennis Paul
Texas House of Representatives District 129
$45,438Cash on Hand
$210,152Total Contributions
$188,766Total Expenditures
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Financial Activity
Top Contributors
Total Contributions | Name |
|---|---|
| $25,000.00 | Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC |
| $7,500.00 | Mark Briggs |
| $5,000.00 | Charles Othon |
| $5,000.00 | Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee |
| $4,000.00 | Cvs Health PAC |
| $4,000.00 | Richard Weekley |
| $4,000.00 | State Farm Agents Political Action Committee |
| $3,000.00 | Peter Lauzon |
| $3,000.00 | Texas Association of Health Plans PAC |
| $2,500.00 | Bay Area Republican Women PAC |
Top Payees
Total Expenditures | Payee |
|---|---|
| $77,713.91 | The Yates Company |
| $15,776.06 | Sgl Consulting |
| $12,070.10 | Larry M Hicks CPA |
| $6,250.00 | Conservative Media Properties |
| $5,000.00 | The Yates Company |
| $4,668.26 | Randy's Smokehouse |
| $3,500.00 | Cullen Gala |
| $3,000.00 | Harris County Republican Party (CEC) |
| $2,922.75 | Randy's Smokehouse |
| $2,735.11 | Tdcj Manufacturing and Logistics |
Top Personal Contributions
From reports filed by the recipients of these funds, it appears these transactions originated from personal rather than campaign accounts.
Total Contributions | Candidate | Committee |
|---|---|---|
| $1,370.00 | Bay Area Republican Women PAC |
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Texas politicians and PACs are required to file reports with the Texas Ethics Commission listing all their campaign contributions and expenditures. The most recent reports — which include all transactions for the last half of 2018 — were just released. Two major things to pay attention to in these reports: 1) final numbers on both donations and spending for the 2018 Election Cycle, and 2) perhaps even more interesting, a list of all donations made to Texas politicians after the election.
Texans for Lawsuit Reform (TLR) is in the business of electing politicians who will vote “correctly” on lawsuit & tort reform issues, while not rocking the boat in the Capitol. They’ve become one of the most powerful and well-known PACs in the state using this model, and show no signs of changing their game plan.